Judaism in Cuba

In 2003, I completed a magna cum laude honor’s thesis “Cuba: La Voz del Patronato; Judaism in Havana, Cuba,” at the University of Colorado, Boulder. This research was completed in an effort to understand the current situation of Jews in Cuba. I focused on one synagogue, Patronato, which is located just outside of Havana, in Vedado. Patronato is the largest synagogue in Cuba, and receives a great deal of support from foreign Jews. This photographic series was created during several visits to Cuba from 2001 – 2003, as part of my undergraduate honors thesis. I spent time doing research and photographing people at synagogues in Havana and Santiago de Cuba, including Patronato, Centro Sefardi in Vedado, and Communidad Hebrea Hatikva.